North Syracuse voters approve $145 million budget for 2014-15 school year

North Syracuse, NY -- North Syracuse Central School District voters approved a $145 million budget Tuesday for the 2014-15 school year.

The budget was approved by 1,294 votes; 2,149 people voted for the budget and 855 people voted against the budget.

The $145,665,035 budget, which is up 1.5 percent from the current school year's budget, carries a 2.2 percent tax levy increase.

Residents also voted on additional propositions.

Proposition 2 was a $1,409,896 bus purchase. The public voted 2,115 for the proposition and 880 against the proposition. The bus purchase allows the district to continue its annual bus purchase and replacement program.

Proposition 3 was Salina Free Library's $415,624 budget proposition. The public voted 116 for the proposition and 29 against the proposition.